Night Train

This rather special estate car will be up for auction soon. https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2022-11-26/cars/ref-115-2009-jaguar-x-type-estate-ex-hm-queen-elizabeth-ii-jg/

I would love to see the 6 wheel version offered.

An O Gauge 205 thumper would be excellent.

Excellent photos. Thanks.

I also started with a kit from Connoisseur and would thoroughly recommend them for a beginner (like me).

Looks stunning, but I will have to wait for the O gauge version to be announced. 🙂

Incredibly sad news. Her Majesty served the UK's interests for 70 years. She will me sorely missed. God save the King.

I would have thought a 205 thumper would be a good choice.

Can I ask what driver figure you are using in the 05? Thanks.

There is where it says "O gauge J70" , I have made it more obvious.🙂

Not sure is anyone here looks at the Rapido manufacturers forum, but they are considering production of an O gauge J70 tram loco if there is sufficient interest.

Yes this too. 😀

Oh happy days.

Same for me on Firefox. I have reported it previously too. For me its mostly prevalent clicking on the next page number, next page button, or next page arrow.

It does seem the USA O gauge appeals to the "playing with trains" brigade, rather then the "model railroaders". I agree that most of what I have seen reminds me of when we had tinplate, or Hornby Dublo. Very much at the toy end of the market. I thought Bachmanns foray into ON30 was great and a number of other businesses sprung up to support it with building, conversion kits and the like, but even that seems to have died down somewhat and no new releases in years. For the UK, the ability to build a workable O gauge micro layout into a 6 foot space with our small rolling stock is what has transformed it and lead to the rise in popularity. Thats not going to happen with a GP and a couple of box cars.

Lenz V60, watch the driver at 1:40 - 2:25

That is excellent. I love the simplicity of it which woks so well in the large scale.

Like many "disasters", its a combination of multiple "little issues" all cropping up at exactly the wrong moment in time that leads to "the well planned system" being overwhelmed and failure occuring. Luckily in my time at sea, most were remedied at the little issue phase, apart from a very large vehicle deck fire that was caused by external circumstances. A vintage car on a trailer caught fire and spread rapidly as it had a fibreglass body and was parked next to a curtainside trailer. Fortunately, crew training and a very heavy duty sprinkler system extinguished it in about 40 minutes. The adrenalin rush took much longer to subside.

Yes crew did very well is an exceptionally scary situation. One does wonder how the original design got approved and signed off.

Thats correct. The report is here if anyone want an interesting read. The cover photo alone is enough to get ones sphincter twitching. https://dmaib.com/reports/2013/emma-maersk-flooding-on-1-february-2013/

Yes, although I do think Emma Maersk is a rather curvacious lady.

Excellent, thank you Paul.

Hi, does anyone know the above please.